News In Brief
The “big story” was Rand Paul announces 2016 White House bid
Senator Rand Paul has announced he is launching a 2016 presidential election campaign on the Republican ticket.
“Today begins the journey to take America back,” he said in a campaign event in Kentucky.
He didn’t say how far back, but the 18th century is probably a safe choice.
The latest in an on-going series: Russian nuclear submarine fire ‘put out’ in Arctic dock. They are saying there were no weapons or nuclear fuel on-board as the vessel was in dry dock for maintenance.
In nostalgia news, American Pie lyrics sell for $1.2m. Don McLean auctioned off the original, hand-written lyrics to the song, and said they would explain as much as can be explained about the lyrics. The BBC has an companion piece on the lyrics.
April 7, 2015 7 Comments